El Abd Surname

5,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98,918 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Abd Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Abd Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria52,7181:36650
Mauritania25,9951:15821
Yemen4,8221:5,480779
Jordan4,1941:2,108394
Egypt4,1191:22,3202,571
Lebanon2,4041:2,345440
United Arab Emirates1,5361:5,965760
Palestine6851:6,6411,439
Saudi Arabia6361:48,5157,156
Iraq5971:58,6632,184
Morocco5791:59,5449,923
Kuwait4821:7,8851,093
Oman481:76,8332,950
Spain361:1,298,66842,856
France211:3,162,987209,042
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
England31:18,572,686338,250
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
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El Abd (1,279) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Average Salary in:
    Canada
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Abd Demographics

El Abd Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 1,588 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Abd Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Abd Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname El Abd (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻌﺒﺪ) occurs in Syria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name El Abd? popularity and diffusion

El Abd is the 5,720th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 73,673 people. El Abd occurs mostly in Asia, where 69 percent of El Abd live; 69 percent live in West Asia and 61 percent live in Levant. El Abd is also the 220,441st most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,279 people.

It is most common in Syria, where it is held by 52,718 people, or 1 in 366. In Syria it is most common in: Aleppo Governorate, where 94 percent reside, Homs Governorate, where 2 percent reside and Damascus Governorate, where 1 percent reside. Barring Syria this surname occurs in 28 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 26 percent reside and Yemen, where 5 percent reside.

El Abd Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Sunni (66%) in Lebanon.

El Abd earn notably more than the average income. In Canada they earn 16.55% more than the national average, earning $57,906 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Aabd92274/
El Gabd929/
El Aybd924/
El Ab91124/
El-Abd833,586/
El Ahb83122/
El Abs83122/
El Hab8311/
El Ayb835/
El Aib832/
El Asb831/
El Abt831/
El Ebd831/
El Ahbh771,129/
El Abhh77336/
El Habz775/
El Abgy774/
El Abss773/
El Aayb771/
El Asbh771/
El-Ab7310/
El Habte71170/
El Ahaib714/
El Achhb711/
El Habch711/
El Havdh711/
El Habgy711/
El Hob67436/
El-Asb6710/
El Aft671/
El Houb62294/
El Hawt62122/
El-Abgy629/
El Hobz629/
El Heib621/
El Aftsh571/
El-Habte571/
El Houbs571/
El Houbss531/
El Hop50122/
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El Abd Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Abd in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻌﺒﺪalbd98.91
ﺍﻟﻌﺎﺑﺪalabd0.27
ﺍﻟﻌﻴﺪalyd0.19
ﻟﻌﺒﻴﺪlbyd0.1
ﺍﻟﻌﺒﻴﺪalbyd0.07
ﺍﻟﻌﺒﺪﻯalbdy0.03
ﻣﺤﻤﺪﺍﻟﻌﺒﺪmhmdalbd0.03
ﺍﻟﻌﺒﺪﻱalbdy0.01
ﺳﺎﻟﻢsalm0.01
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Abd
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